Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 February 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

Lung Health Promotion: Discussion with Irish Lung Health Alliance

10:50 am

Professor Tim McDonnell:

Yes. Recently I was referred a patient who relocated to the Wicklow-Dublin area from Galway who was receiving the drug in Galway. I cannot start the patient on the drug in my practice in Dublin. The patient must return to Galway every two weeks to get it.